What did new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards passed in a 2007 energy bill improve?
A. controls on greenhouse gas emissions
B. the fuel economy of light trucks and cars
C. the price of gasoline, by lowering gas taxes across the country
D. automobile emissions and traffic congestions, by raising gas taxes across the country
B. the fuel economy of light trucks and cars
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Which best describes the process of federal selective incorporation that impacts the states?
a. The insertion of the Bill of Rights into the state constitutions b. The right of states to enact individual Bills of Rights c. The inclusion of the English Bill of Rights in the American Constitution d. The application of the undue burden test
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1. Desirable economic outcomes are easily attained through systematic application of economic and fiscal principles. 2. Managing the nation’s economy can be complicated by the myriad of competing variables involved. 3. Fiscal policy focuses on policies of taxation and spending. 4. The United States has a pure laissez-faire form of economy. 5. America’s economy is best described as a laissez-faire type of economy.
Which of the following is true of the Magna Carta?
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